John Gibb

Earlier reports of the demise of the Scottish independence movement were ''greatly exaggerated'' and Scottish voters will play a crucial role in the upcoming British general election.

Many people living in poverty in developing countries are often forgotten by the wider world, as are their diseases.

The Mosgiel Memorial RSA's $1.2 million redevelopment is nearing completion and the ''total transformation'' has already sparked positive comment from the Mosgiel community, vice-president Tony Mobbs says.

Otago is a province with a rich history of establishing firsts. We have led the way in many fields and that tradition continues. Researchers at the University of Otago are attracting international attention and some have been granted millions of dollars for cutting-edge projects. What are they up to? Reporter John Gibb, in a fortnightly series, does his own research on the researchers.

A letter penned in 1919, and recently discovered in a wallet, is sparking a complete rethink of the Mosgiel Memorial RSA club's early history.

Some drivers are facing ''grave difficulties'' in using a major Mosgiel intersection at peak times, a community representative, Bill Feather, warns.

One of the most surprising things about exotic superfluids, fluids that form at extremely low temperatures, is just how unsurprising some of their behaviour may be.

The Otago Regional Council is organising public meetings this week to update Taieri and Clutha residents about proposed developments in flood protection and drainage schemes in their areas.

When Dunedin lawyer Tim Black was sworn in as an acting district court judge Friday, many serious things were said but a stream of witty remarks also rocked the court with laughter.

New University of Otago research is providing the most comprehensive picture of the nearly 40million year-long evolutionary history of baleen whales, which are the largest animals ever to live on Earth.

A world-first international expedition, including University of Otago researchers, is ending, after scientists gained striking new views of an underwater volcano in the Kermadec Islands.

The Otago Regional Council is already taking steps to follow up a recent hard-hitting report on the need to counter the growing threat of wallaby incursions from South Canterbury.

The Southern Bar and Grill has been sold three times in the past six years, but this month the bar's doors closed for the last time.

A world-first expedition involving University of Otago researchers is expected to attract growing international scientific interest as it sheds new light on an underwater volcano in the Kermadec Islands.

If you like a good puzzle: what, if anything, is the connection between gout and striped fish?

The family of missing Alexandra woman Denise Potter are ''very grateful'' for the strong public response to the continuing search for her, family spokesman Manu Panirau said yesterday.

The next time you are returning to New Zealand and pass through an airport biosecurity control, spare a thought for some little-known but highly significant research findings by a University of Otago botanist.